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5 min readJohn Bertoli grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in the far northwestern corner of the state, hiking the Taconic Crest Trail with his mother and sisters from the age of seven. Even then, he felt watched. He describes a persistent, eerie sensation of being observed from the grassy hills and white birch groves along the trail, and he would hear what sounded like small groups of people talking—audible chatter he could not understand. His mother and sisters never sensed anything. By the time he was eight, playing in a snowbank at dusk, he felt the same overwhelming presence watching him from a patch of woods behind his house. That feeling never left him, and through later meditation he made the connection: it was the same presence he had felt on the mountain.
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- 1 (01:32) **Episode Teaser and Guest Introduction** - A brief audio clip of heavy footsteps is followed by the host introducing the episode’s guest, John Bertoli, and his eight-month stay at the E City Ranch in Washington.
- 2 (01:59) **Early Childhood Experiences in Massachusetts** - John describes his first encounters with a watching presence while hiking the Taconic Crest Trail as a young child.
- 3 (06:04) **The "In Search Of" Connection and a Winter Encounter** - John links his childhood interest in Bigfoot to the TV show "In Search Of..." and describes a powerful, solitary encounter in his backyard.
- 4 (08:27) **Teenage Experiences and the "Ancient Language"** - John details how he used school-skipping time to explore Hopkins Forest, where the "mind chatter" returned, and he begins to define the non-verbal communication of the beings.
- 5 (11:53) **Defining the Beings: Not Apes, But Ancient People** - John offers his core definition of Sasquatch, arguing they are not a primitive ape but an extremely intelligent, ancient race of people with advanced abilities.
- 6 (18:03) **A Close Encounter with a Juvenile Male** - John describes a direct, confrontational interaction with a young male Sasquatch in a local wooded area.
- 7 (21:50) **The Mechanics of Telepathy and "Toning"** - John explains how telepathy works on a frequency basis and introduces "toning" as a technique to align with these frequencies for communication.
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Show Notes
John’s experiences began decades earlier in the forests surrounding Williamstown, Massachusetts. As a child, he repeatedly felt watched along the Taconic Crest Trail and heard what sounded like groups of voices near an abandoned homestead in Hopkins Memorial Forest. Later incidents included an unexplained pressure wave near Cole Avenue, a tree falling moments after he requested a sign, and three concealed presences sensed on Pine Cobble Mountain.
His search eventually led him across the country to ECETI Ranch in Washington, where he lived for eight months. John shares two visual sightings, wood knocks around the Field of Dreams, heavy footsteps approaching through the darkness, a voice calling his name near his tent, and the prolonged nighttime activity outside the yurt.
John also discusses telepathy, consciousness, the connections he perceives between Sasquatch and UFO activity, and the importance of approaching these experiences with respect and clear intentions.
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